Chicxulub: crater

Chicxulub crater on the northern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, in a computer-generated image synthesized from gravity and magnetic-field data. The buried structure, which measures at least 180 km (112 miles) across, is thought to be the scar remaining from the impact 65 million years ago of an asteroid or comet measuring perhaps 10 km (6 miles) in diameter. The Yucatán coastline bisects the crater almost horizontally through its centre.